Charcoal

[bfishn]

I cook over wood, but the thread was just begging for Hank.... :-)

[Wayne SW/MO]

Gas grills are for girls!

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[WakenLake]

Propane is for the weak.

[Guest]

I cook over wood, pellets that is.

traeger brand grill

[Mitch f]

Speaking of coal, A friend of mine who owns property along Joachim creek was sent to Washington DC to testify on the Ameren's coal residue holding ponds (don't know the correct name).

He said it was sad that he was flown all the way up to testify before a panel on ground water table contaminations produced by the coal plants. He said one of the panel were actually sleeping during his reading and they were taking photographs of the guy sleeping and he never woke up.

This is a subject I really know nothing about, but sounds like they are covering the air contamination part with scrubbers but do nothing to insure the ground water retention ponds. I'm sure they have some type of protection from seepage/ flooding but am not sure how reliable it is.

[Greasy B]

I would say not very reliable.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=toxic-ash-pond-collapses

[Wayne SW/MO]

Natural gas doesn't need all that and we have an abundance of it. We have no reliable source of electricity on the horizon, so we best use the least polluting sources, either NG or nuclear.